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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

A NEIGHBORLY KILLING

I'm thrilled to announce that

Nancy Lynn Jarvis has just released her 6th

Regan McHenry Mystery!

Congratulations, Nancy!

Waking up to gunshots and discovering the body of their neighbor just outside their bedroom door is bad enough, but when the Coroner rules the death a suicide, Realtors Regan McHenry and her husband Tom Kiley don’t believe it for a minute. Never mind what the physical evidence says; they heard their dead neighbor arguing with someone in the moments preceding his death.

What really happened has become more than just a mystery they’d like to solve because the circumstances of their dead neighbor’s past keep interfering with their present and putting them in danger.

It’s
unnerving to be awakened by gunfire, but when it’s in your back yard, that’s hardly something you can
ignore. When a body is the result of what
shocked you out of sleep, you don’t get over it easily. And when it turns out
the dead man is your next door neighbor, well, that calls for some serious
questioning. At least that’s the way I see it.

Regan
McHenry

My Review

A Neighborly
Killing

By

Nancy Lynn
Jarvis

What
would you do if someone died in your back yard? You're certain it was murder,
but the evidence clearly indicates suicide.

As
well as an absorbing mystery, Ms. Jarvis takes us on a journey many would fear
to tread. However, this time, it's not
only the heroic Regan McHenry who's anxious to find the truth. Her husband, Tom, whose usually the reluctant one,
leads the way, much to the shock of Regan and their loyal but fearful Santa
Cruz Police Ombudsman Dave Everett.

Death
occurs every day. Can you answer the question; have you bought a place where a
murder occurred? If there are laws regarding such in your state, it's usually
three years. Would you want to know?

The
premise of A Neighborly Killing is unique, modern, filled with intrigue, and
has a compelling and satisfying ending. Well done, Nancy Lynn Jarvis, you have
an award winner!

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Nancy
Lynn Jarvis invites you to take a peek into the real estate world through the
stories that form the backdrop of her Regan McHenry mysteries. Real estate
details and ideas come from Nancy’s own experiences. She is working on the seventh book in the series.

I've owned and lived in a couple of very old farmhouses (fincas) in Spain and it's highly likely deaths occurred in these houses. It's normal and doesn't freak me out in the slightest. Death is something we all face; there's nothing macabre about it.

I've owned and lived in a couple of very old farmhouses (fincas) in Spain and it's highly likely deaths occurred in these houses. It's normal and doesn't freak me out in the slightest. Death is something we all face; there's nothing macabre about it.

I lived in a house once that was over 200 years old. I didn't delve into the history but it had once been a nunnery. There was a sweet spirit about the place and it's a darn good thing because it could have been terrifying otherwise.

I'm with you about sweet spirits. Please take a look at my ghost story from the beginning of "The Murder House" (I'm pretty sure you can see it online without needing to buy)to she my shared similar story.

Good morning, California time. Houses don't have to be old to have bodies in them. In my state a death in a house, even from natural causes, has to be actively disclosed for three years and disclosed if asked after that. Murder is a whole different thing. Writing "A Neighborly Killing" I wondered what the real estate community would do with the death. It was suicide...sort of...that took place not in the house but some yards from it and it wasn't the resident who died.

Reading this now and loving it! I especially like Tom's involvement. I lived in an older home many years ago. It belonged to my grandmother and she passed away there. I used to chat with her spirits all the time!

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